The GIGABYTE HD 5700 Series graphics cards feature ATI’s latest 2^nd Generation TeraScale graphics engine, boasting the power of more than 2 teraFLOPS with 800 and 720 stream processors respectively. With 1GB GDDR5 memory, the GIGABYTE HD 5700 Series provides twice the data per pin of GDDR3 memory at the same clock speeds. Utilizing ATI Eyefinity Technology, each gamer can run up to 3 displays from a single graphics board and expand the field of view across all displays. Gamers can enjoy the ultimate gaming experience with innovative “wrap around” multi-display capabilities with ATI Eyefinity Technology. Furthermore, benefiting from ATI Stream Technology, end-users can easily unleash the massive parallel processing power of GPU for physics, artificial intelligence, stream computing and ray tracing calculations, and tackle demanding tasks like video transcoding with incredible speed.

In addition, GIGABYTE HD 5700 Series graphics cards fully support for Microsoft DirectX® 11 for life-like realism and stunning 3D gaming effects. Gamers can get striking 3D visual effects and dynamic interactivity with DirectX® 11 support, including features like Tessellation, HDR Texture Compression, Multi-threading and DirectCompute. Microsoft DirectX® 11 brings new levels of visual realism to gaming on the PC and gamers can dominate the competition with GIGABYTE GV-R5700 Series graphics cards.

In order to provide the best digital audio/video interconnection between a computer and display monitor or home-theater system, the GIGABYTE HD 5700 Series graphics cards are capable of outputting DispalyPort signals. The DisplayPort interface can support higher resolutions, richer color depth, and increased refresh rate performance, delivering 10.8Gbps of bandwidth over previous generations of connectivity options such as DVI, LVDS and VGA. With added DisplayPort connectivity on the GIGABYTE HD 5700 Series graphics cards, PC gamers are able to play all the latest games on their large-screen home theater displays, providing an audio and visual experience unmatched by any of today’s console gaming systems. Furthermore, the GIGABYTE GV-R5700 Series are equipped with ATI PowerPlay™ technology for breakthrough power and consumption, maximizing performance per watt by delivering the highest level of high performance when needed and conserving power when the demand on the GPU is low.

For more details of the GIGABYTE GV-R577D5-1GD-B and GV-R575D5-1GD, please visit the GIGABYTE VGA website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/VGA/Default.aspx

Taipei, Taiwan October 12, 2009 –

GIGABYTE Technology Co. LTD., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, is pleased to launch its new GV-N220OC-1GI and GV-N210OC-512I graphics accelerators. Featuring brand new NVIDIA^® 40nm GeForce GT220 and GeForce 210 GPUs, GV-N220OC-1GI and GV-N210OC-512I grant wonderful gaming experience by their overclocking settings. Also, both models support Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7 and provide terrific visional enjoyment. Besides, GIGABYTE GT220 graphics card adopts GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 2 boards to ensure lower temperature, longer product life, and extreme overclocking stability. Gamers can fully enjoy astonishing 3D game battles with new GPU technology and high product quality.

Premium New Visual Vision

Microsoft Windows 7 is the new generation operating system that will take advantage of graphics processing unit (GPU) and utilizes the computing power of GPU. Supporting Windows 7, GV-N220OC-1GI and GV-N210OC-512I enable users to have a more interactive and efficient GPU-accelerated features and most powerful 3D gaming solution. Along with NVIDIA® CUDA™ and PhysX^® technology, gamers will see lifelike, real-time environmental effects and character interactions such as sea waves and explosions that cause dust and debris.

Ultra Durable 2

By using lower RDS (on) MOSFET, Ferrite Core chokes, and Lower ESR Solid Capacitor, GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 2 board equips GIGABYTE GT220 graphics card with outstanding cooling, lowest power loss, and longer product life. These great quality components assist new GN-N220OC-1GI in better total performance.

Explore new NVIDIA^® 40nm GeForce GT 220 GPUs with GIGABYTE and have fun with realistic physical effects (water, gas, steam, fire, etc) for a lifelike gaming adventure. Enjoy the overclocking capability of the GIGABYTE GT220 graphics card with 720 MHZ core clock speed, delivering 10% performance boost over standard GT220. Additionally, GIGABYTE GT220 and GeForce 210 graphics cards both feature native HDMI support with golden plated connector, introducing the highest-quality home theater experience.

For more details of GIGABYTE GV-N220OC-1GI and GV-N210OC-512I, please visit the GIGABYTE VGA website: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/VGA/Default.aspx

Taipei, Taiwan, 30th September, 2009 – GIGABYTE, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today announces a world record P16877 3DMark Vantage score and an incredible GPU score of 15297 for the global launch of the GPU overclocking competition, Beat Me If You Dare. GIGABYTE’s in-house overclocking team presents an unrivaled GPU clock of 1100 MHz and memory clock of 1400 MHz. The scores have been posted on the Beat Me if You Dare event website and contestants around the world are invited to challenge GIGABYTE’s scores for cash and prizes.

The champion of each round will receive $1,500USD cash. As an added bonus, any contestant that beats the benchmark set by the GIGABYTE team will double his or her prize. Round 1 for the Beat Me If You Dare competition will start on Oct 1^st.

Beat Me If You Dare Round 1 details:

1. (contestant’s 3DMark Vantage Performance GPU score – 9000) / 9000 = X₁ %

2. (contestant’s game benchmark fps score – 100) / 100 = X₂ %

3. X₁ *80% + X₂ *20% = final score

Contestants may use any brand of GTX 260 Graphics Card and no hardware limitation for participation.

For further details about the GIGABYTE Beat Me If You Dare competition please visit: http://event.gigabyte.com.tw/BeatMeIfYouDare/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/GIGABYTE-VGA/138376338834?ref=nf

Twitter: http://twitter.com/GIGABYTE_VGA

About GIGABYTE Upgrade Your Life

GIGABYTE, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is known as a global leading brand in the IT industry, with employees and business channels in almost every country. Founded in 1986, GIGABYTE started as a research and development team and has since taken the lead in the world’s motherboard market. On top of motherboards and graphics accelerators, GIGABYTE further expanded its product portfolio to include notebook and desktop PCs, digital home entertainment appliances, networking servers, communications, mobile and handheld devices, servicing every facet of people’s lives at home or business. Everyday GIGABYTE aims to “Upgrade Your Life” with the most innovative designs and impeccable quality and services. Visit www.gigabyte.com.tw for more information.

Taipei, Taiwan, 28^th August, 2009 – GIGABYTE, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, is pleased to announce CHANCE TO WIN FREE GIGABYTE NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX275 online event.

Event from August 17th to September 7th.  GIGABYTE will be giving away 1 GTX275 graphics card per week! Simple, easy, go on event page RIGHT NOW to win GTX275!

How to Win:

• Post an honest review of your GIGABYTE Graphic Card at www.newegg.com .
• Send a link to the review to vga@gigabyte-usa.com along with your username and you will be entered into the weekly drawing for a free GIGABYTE NVIDIATM GEFORCETM GTX 275

Requirements:

• Contestants must have purchased a GIGABYTE Graphics Card from newegg.com, with an invoice dated on or after June 1^st 2009.
• Only reviews submitted for GIGABYTE Graphics Cards are eligible for the drawing.
• Reviews posted after August 10th, 2009 are eligible for entry.
• Only valid for GIGABYTE Graphics Card.
• Only one winner per household.
• GIGABYTE will announce 1 weekly winner at www.gigabyte.us
• Contest ends on 7th of September, 2009.
• For any inquiries, please contact us at:vga@gigabyte-usa.com

Enter Now at http://event.gigabyte.com.tw/EVENT0810/Login.aspx

About GIGABYTE Upgrade Your Life

GIGABYTE, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is known as a global leading brand in the IT industry, with employees and business channels in almost every country. Founded in 1986, GIGABYTE started as a research and development team and has since taken the lead in the world’s motherboard market. On top of motherboards and graphics accelerators, GIGABYTE further expanded its product portfolio to include notebook and desktop PCs, digital home entertainment appliances, networking servers, communications, mobile and handheld devices, servicing every facet of people’s lives at home or business. Everyday GIGABYTE aims to “Upgrade Your Life” with the most innovative designs and impeccable quality and services. Visit www.gigabyte.com.tw for more information.

GPU Gauntlet Sorting

First, GIGABYTE’s database analysis system evaluates the GPU core engine, shader engine and memory.  If a processor doesn’t meet the pre-defined standard, it will not qualify for the Super Overclock Series.

In addition, GIGABYTE’s proprietary testing toolkit allows engineers to inspect and select the GPUs with the highest frequency. This program operates for 30 minutes and provides important data on the maximum overclocking ability when compared to a stock GPU. Once the Super Overclock point has been determined, engineers will boost the frequency to offer the highest factory default clock setting in the market.

Next, each Super Overclock Series GPU faces the Graphics benchmarks, FurMark and 3DMark Vantage, to measure performance and stability under an intense graphics load. A GPU that passes this stage will perform at a lower temperature and fan speed compared to a standard GPU. By choosing the cream of the crop, GIGABYTE ensures rich rendering of intricate 3D scenes and realistic physical effects such as water, gas, steam, fire, etc for a lifelike gaming adventure.

Last but not least, engineers test the power switching and stability. The GPUs with the best power efficiency and lowest power consumption qualify for the Super Overclock Series. And GIGABYTE understands that premium graphics cards should not sound like a cement truck rolling down the freeway, so a large cooling fan provides for a quiet computing environment.

Thanks to Ultra Durable VGA 5 quality components, 2 oz copper PCB, first tier memory, Japanese solid capacitors, ferrite core cokes and low RDS on MOSFET, the Super Overclock Series provides for top performance in graphics benchmarking. These high-quality components promise consumers 5%~10% lower GPU temperatures, 10-30% higher overclocking capability, and switching power loss that is reduced by 10-30%.

GIGABYTE’s innovative GPU Gauntlet™ Sorting process provides three main benefits:

1. Full-throttle Performance Tuning

Proprietary database analysis system helps engineers investigate GPU core, shader and memory. Super Overclock Series video card sets its factory overclocked at optimal stability point (Super OC point), which is an exact balance between high frequency and efficient power consumption, delivering top performance for power users.

2. Optimized Thermal Efficiency

With high-quality Gigabyte Ultra Durable VGA components, the processor selected by GPU Gauntlet™ Sorting boasts extra lower temperature by 5 to 10%. The guarantee fan speed at 1500 rpm in high-rated 3D and physics-accelerated games helps reduce noise for an absolutely quite environment.

3. Expert Power Switching

GPUs are examined and tested for the highest power efficiency and lowest power consumption using the FurMark and 3DMark Vantage benchmark. A Gigabyte GTX 260 Super Overclock Series graphics card delivers a 25% increase in performance compared to a standard GTX 260 card. And a Gigabyte GTX 260 Super Overclock Series card guarantees the same overclocking capability as a standard GTX 260 dual-fan video card, but with lower power consumption.

GIGABYTE is going to launch the GTX 260 Super Overclock Series, a first shot of the series, in early September. For more details of the Super Overclock Series, please visit the GIGABYTE VGA website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/VGA/Default.aspx

About GIGABYTE Upgrade Your Life

GIGABYTE, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is known as a global leading brand in the IT industry, with employees and business channels in almost every country. Founded in 1986, GIGABYTE started as a research and development team and has since taken the lead in the world’s motherboard market. On top of motherboards and graphics accelerators, GIGABYTE further expanded its product portfolio to include notebook and desktop PCs, digital home entertainment appliances, networking servers, communications, mobile and handheld devices, servicing every facet of people’s lives at home or business. Everyday GIGABYTE aims to “Upgrade Your Life” with the most innovative designs and impeccable quality and services. Visit www.gigabyte.com.tw for more information.

We have tried as hard as possible to find any way that we can hold Iron Storm XI next Sat-Sun. Alas, it was not to be. We are now in the process of finding a better date where we’ll be able to have an event worthy of Pittco!

To those who already paid:
Thank you for your valiant effort in drumming up other payments and in finding friends. We will be refunding your payments by the end of the week. If there is any complication in that, contact Bob (bkelley@pittco.org).

To those who contacted us as walk-ins:
We did count you in our attempt to reach a feasible number. Thank you for taking the time to contact us.

Finally to everyone else who was unable to come:
We heard your silence, and we’re going to do our best to figure out what factors made for this. If you would fill out this itty bitty survey so we know why you were unable to come, it would help us immensely as we’re still working on our fortune telling techniques! http://is.gd/1RJXq

All in all, let us not look at this as a disappointment, but as an opportunity to better understand the ever-changing climate that is gaming. Keep sharp, we’re not done by any stretch of the imagination.

We’ll be in contact with the rescheduled date for Iron Storm XI!

–
Bob Kelley
Treasurer, Board of Directors

PITTSBURGH LAN COALITION, INC.
http://www.pittco.org

Pittsburgh LAN Coalition is in a predicament. Iron Storm XI is in jeopardy of being canceled because not enough people have prepaid. We have more than 100 registrants, but only 26 have paid. We earnestly thank the six who have paid in the last 24 hours since an email was sent to ALP accounts.

We’re not sure of the reasons behind the low turnout, but we believe it may be a result of the economic recession, an unknown weekend event, or that Iron Storm XI is one week earlier than Iron Storm 9 was last year and is colliding with our attendees’ summer recreation/vacation schedules. Our summer events have traditionally been smaller, but this is the first time we’ve been in this situation.

In order for Iron Storm XI to happen, we need to have at least 77 paid registrations as of Wednesday, July 29 at 11:59 p.m. We need this many registrations to cover the costs of the venue and the food which we provide for free. Pittco is a non-profit corporation–we rely on income from our events and require that we make ends meet in order to hold an event.

So, we ask you this: If you are planning to attend Iron Storm XI on August 8 and 9 at the Castle Shannon Fire Hall in Pittsburgh, PA, you must prepay by Wednesday, July 29 at 11:59 p.m. If we do not have 77 paid registrations by 12:00 a.m. Thursday, July 30, we will have to cancel the event.

Register and pay here: http://www.pittco.org/alp/payment.php

Prepaying saves you $10–$25 prepay, $35 walk-in. If you plan to pay as a walk-in, please email Colin Dean at cdean@pittco.org. This will help us account for potential walk-ins and we might be able to reduce that 77 person requirement by a few.

In the event that Iron Storm XI is canceled, don’t worry–all payments will be fully refunded as quickly as possible following our decision to cancel the event. In either case, Pittco will continue to plan for its traditionally huge spring event (Iron Storm X had more than 170 people!).

Again, we beseech you: If you plan to attend Iron Storm XI, prepay by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday July 29.

Thanks, and we hope to see you at Iron Storm XI.

Register and pay here: http://www.pittco.org/alp/payment.php
–
Colin Dean
Secretary, Board of Directors

PITTSBURGH LAN COALITION, INC.
http://www.pittco.org

Iron Storm 11 is only a few weeks away, have you registered and paid for the LAN?

The infamous Prize List has been created. Please make sure to check out our sponsors below and their websites with all the nice prizes they’ll be supplying us with for Iron Storm 11.

A lot of the items haven’t been received yet, but once we receive them we’ll post them here, so be sure to check back regularly for updated prizes!

Cooler Master

• 5 x CM 690 Mid Tower Chassis
• eXtreme Power Plus 460W Power Supply
• eXtreme Power Plus 500w Power Supply
• eXtreme Power Plus 550W Power Supply
  
• 4 x Cooler Master Backpacks

Gigabyte

• GA-EP43-UD3L Motherboard
• GA-EP45-DS4P Motherboard
• GV-N250ZL-1GI GTS 250 Video Card
• Swag

BFG

• GX-550 Power Supply
• GTS 250 (Possibly)

Lian-Li

• Swag
• Possibly some prizes

Vizo

• Ninja HS (w/ USB Hub)
• Luxon Advanced ED
• Master Panel II
• Mirror Box CR
• UV LED Fan
• 2 x UV SATA Cable
• 2 x UV USB Cable
• 2 x Cold Cathode

JINX

• Gamer T-shirt
• The cake is a lie T-shirt
• MegaPack Sticker Pack (50 8×2 Stickers)

Computer Connections Inc.

• EVGA GeForce GTS 250 Graphics Card
• Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard

Patriot Memory

• LAN Package (TBD)

eDimensional

• 4 x $25 Gift Cards

MotherboardPro.com

• 3 x DFI LanParty hats
• 1 x DFI LanParty PC Transpot
• 3 x DFI desk clocks gifts
• 1 x DFI Chinese pot

Alienware

• Alienware Swag

In Win

• Probably Cases (TBD)

Crucial

• Probably Memory, Swag (TBD)

Velocity Micro

• Swag Bag

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ATI™ Radeon™ HD 3450
3 GB Premium DDR3 RAM
500 GB Hard Drive

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